The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Nottinghamshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £301 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.54% -7.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +90.90%
All Qualifications
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
39 37 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 11.75% 12.89% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 10
Average daily rate £320 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £213 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 7
Average hourly rate £13.25 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.28% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.68 £10.00 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.20 £21.25 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ISTQB
East Midlands

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISTQB across the Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Nottinghamshire ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISTQB across the Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire ISTQB Daily Rate Trend
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
ISEB or ISTQB qualified to foundation level. -Definition and creation of test scripts for internal QA and system testing purposes... -Good knowledge of Agile development techniques such as “...
IT Retail People Ltd
Rate: Unspecified
Posted: 17 May 2013